For DV-2008, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. over the previous five years:

DV-2009: Ecuador and Guatemala were added

BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA (mainland-born)
COLOMBIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EL SALVADOR
HAITI
INDIA
JAMAICA
MEXICO
PAKISTAN
PHILIPPINES
PERU
POLAND
SOUTH KOREA
|UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories
VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.